On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 17:09 +, Pete Ryland wrote:
> This is not the kind of atmosphere that we want
> to encourage.
Quite.
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On 20/03/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lets not descend into the madness of political correctness for the
> sake of proving a point. It's petty, pathetic and and devalues the
> rule set underpinning it.
Agreed, no harm may have been intended, but as soon as harm was done,
whether i
On 20/03/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pete Ryland wrote:
> > It is offensive. The joke's premise is based on the (untrue)
> > generalisation that all women are unfathomable.
>
> Or rather that women are unfathomable by men. That's offensive to men
> isn't it?
The point of the joke
I think that we've got to be adult about this.
I believe that the code of conduct - like most other rules in our
society is meant to protect people and values.
Where we start to go wrong, is by using any set of rules to their
maximum extent to prove a point, appear clever or knowledgeable or to
s
Pete,
Pete Ryland wrote:
> It is offensive. The joke's premise is based on the (untrue)
> generalisation that all women are unfathomable.
Or rather that women are unfathomable by men. That's offensive to men
isn't it?
Nearly all jokes are based on a premise that usually is not quite true
but k
On 20/03/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Caroline Ford wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 13:23 +, TheVeech wrote:
> >> (crap snipped)
> >>
> >> The Lord replied: 'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?'
> >>
> >
> > That posting is in breach of the Ubuntu code of conduct.
> > ht
Tony Arnold wrote:
> Well, the instructions were to replace 'women' with 'newbs' when you
> read it, so if anything it would be disrespectful to 'newbs'!
That's what I get for ignoring the topic line. To digress, surely it
would have been better to edit the joke accordingly as everyone knows
you c
Nick,
Nicholas Butler wrote:
> As for me ive found long term members to be just as unfathomable and
> mysterious and new and fresh members. I think that exciting especially
> when you consider that its this very mix of people that are the sort to
> spend time working out how to build bridges j
Considering the code of conduct;
Was posting the joke considerate to others ? Well I and you the reader
cannot really answer this. If I was however to be considerate of Veechs'
position I can only imagine that he felt it was a measured opinion. Even
if I did not feel that it was delivered in a
Dave Murphy wrote:
> Tony Arnold wrote:
>> I've just read the code (again) and I don't see which bit of it is being
>> breached?
>
> I would interpret it as being disrespectful to women (and atheists :)).
Well, the instructions were to replace 'women' with 'newbs' when you
read it, so if anythi
Tony Arnold wrote:
> I've just read the code (again) and I don't see which bit of it is being
> breached?
I would interpret it as being disrespectful to women (and atheists :)).
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On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 08:33 +, Caroline Ford wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 13:23 +, TheVeech wrote:
> >(crap snipped)
> >
> > The Lord replied: 'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?'
> >
>
> That posting is in breach of the Ubuntu code of conduct.
> http://www.ubuntu.com/communit
Caroline,
Caroline Ford wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 13:23 +, TheVeech wrote:
>> (crap snipped)
>>
>> The Lord replied: 'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?'
>>
>
> That posting is in breach of the Ubuntu code of conduct.
> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct
I've just read the
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 13:23 +, TheVeech wrote:
>(crap snipped)
>
> The Lord replied: 'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?'
>
That posting is in breach of the Ubuntu code of conduct.
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct
Thanks
Caroline
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